Chain-reaction crash in Elbridge sends children and adults to hospital

Elbridge, NY -- Three ambulances were needed to take injured people, including children, from a chain-reaction crash on Route 5 in Elbridge Friday afternoon.

State police said a car was stopped in the eastbound lane, waiting to turn left into a farm stand west of the village of Elbridge. The car behind it stopped and was rear ended by a third car.

The third car was struck in the rear by a fourth and the fourth was struck by a fifth car, police said.

The first car was not involved in the crash, police said, while the second, with only minor damage, left the scene.

The driver and a passenger in the fifth car were taken by ambulance to the hospital in Auburn. Children in one of the other involved vehicles were taken to the hospital in Auburn as well, but only as a precaution, police said.